| I was married the first time (ominous
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| | dust as they ran for the hills. Frankly,
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| words...the first time) for 16 years. In
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| | I wouldn't have blamed them.Now perhaps I
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| retrospect, that marriage probably could
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| | just hadn't quite hit the buzzer mark for
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| have been saved if we'd utilized
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| | interested suitors. Or perhaps there was
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| counseling and found some great
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| | something they saw in me that made them
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| relationship material which may have been
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| | decide to explore further upon hearing
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| published at the time. Ah well,
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| | those dreaded words - I spilled them as
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| hindsight.During my dating stint
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| | quickly as I could reasonably bring it up
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| post-divorce, some of which was internet
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| | in a conversation:
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| contact, I communicated with an
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| | HiMyNameIsLauraI'veBeenDivorcedThreeTimes
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| interesting and attractive man. Sooner
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| | AndYou? Ahem. Whatever it was, I found
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| than later, I learned that he'd been
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| | that no one screamed "Exit, stage left!"
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| married, and divorced, 5 times. Warning,
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| | and left me standing next to a little
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| warning. DANGER, flailing my arms around
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| | poof of smoke. Maybe they were
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| in robotic pantomime. I ended that
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| | shellshocked too, and unable to
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| direction in short order. Obviously he
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| | move?Actually, they asked pertinent
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| wasn't good relationship material.I
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| | questions regarding my divorces and
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| married again. That relationship of 6
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| | listened to my explanations. I was very
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| years ended with his drug usage and an
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| | upfront with them concerning what I felt
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| affair. Sometimes I can be surprisingly
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| | my part was in the marriage demises,
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| dumb for as smart as I am? HE only had
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| | minus the ad nauseum. I also shared in a
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| one divorce behind him. Maybe I should
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| | general way what I had learned. Dating
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| have asked Mr. Fiver different
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| | excursions thus continued for awhile,
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| questions.Third marriage. And to my
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| | with me feeling comfortable that I wasn't
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| horror, THIRD DIVORCE.I felt
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| | dismissed as a relationship leper!Ever
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| shellshocked. And terribly embarrassed.
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| | feel like you're a relationship leper?
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| Memories of my fast judgement of Mr.
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| | Have you learned from past mistakes and
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| Fiver came flooding back to me, how
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| | able to articulate your past in a way
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| quickly I'd axed him without giving him a
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| | that doesn't frighten prospective
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| chance. With three divorces under my
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| | dates?Currently, my (third) ex-husband
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| belt, I quailed at the thought of being
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| | and I have reconciled, and we had our
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| similarly, and immediately, axed without
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| | divorce annulled. It's as if we were
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| a chance to prove my good character and
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| | never divorced. I am very happy that
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| relationship-worthiness. How terribly
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| | we've resolved the problems that led up
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| unfair that would be. Although I take at
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| | to our divorce...and relieved that my
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| least half the responsibility of my first
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| | score card dropped back to 3-2. Upon
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| divorce, nos. 2 and 3 were more the
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| | that realization came the next one: time
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| other's fault by a landslide. (We'll
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| | to retire my score card.Laura McDonald
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| ignore the fact that I did waltz myself
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| | lives in Frankfort, KY, with her husband
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| into those relationships, shall we?
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| | Patrick. She is a paralegal. Laura's
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| That's a topic for a different article!)I
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| | interests include psychology, movies,
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| had mental images of "go-see's" in front
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| | music, and writing. She has created a
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| of potential dates. "I've been divorced
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| | website called The Third Wives Club,
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| three times," I imagined myself
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| | directed primarily to women married three
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| declaring, and then coughing up their
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| | or more times.
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